“burning down the house”
You know I love Talking Heads. My favorite band for a long time.
I opened my book with a quote from the great David Byrne.
See our Cap’s opener here – help us to burn down the house. Thanks. Go Caps!
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David Byrne “Here Lies Love”
Great news – new music from former Talking Head David Byrne. The CD is called Here Lies Love and it is a mini opera about Imelda Marcos produced in conjunction with Fatboy Slim. How can you go wrong with that as a teaser?
I am downloading it as I type. I can’t wait to listen to his new music. He is an original and important talent.
Quite a Fun Sports and Entertainment Related Weekend
The Hershey Bears won twice at home this weekend to take a commanding 3-1 lead in the AHL Calder Cup Finals. One more win and the Cup goes back to Hershey. Go Bears! Way to win on Saturday 3-0 and on Sunday 2-1! The team is getting outstanding playoff goaltending. We are very deep in goalie prospects now. That is such a comforting thought, isn’t it ?
The Bears play again at home trying to close it out on Tuesday. Click here to read about yesterday’s big win.
The Washington Mystics started strong too with a Saturday night win over Connecticut and a big win over Atlanta at home yesterday. We have a lot of depth now; a lot of team speed; and an entire new upbeat and positive attitude. We had a big and enthusiastic crowd yesterday at our season home opener. It was loud and it was appreciative of how we responded to being down big after the first period to coast to an easy win. I am hopeful that our rebuild of the Washington Mystics is as successful as our rebuild of the Washington Capitals. So far so good. Click here to read about the Mystics performance from this weekend. I hope to see you all at a game this season.
I Am a Sucker for David Byrne
I fell in love with everything David Byrne and Talking Heads during the summer of 1977 while I lived in downtown Boston. Talking Heads were always playing in Boston. Many of them were graduates of Rhode Island School of Design so you could bump into them at parties or see them play small clubs in NH, Boston and the Cape. One of the best shows I ever saw was Talking Heads, the B-52′s and Joe Jackson in a small venue at the beach in Salisbury, NH.
I just love everything about him. I always thought he was smart, wry, expansive in his musical taste and very elegant, classy and original.
He has continued to make very thoughtful music. He has great taste and is a fantastic live performer. We saw him this Saturday night at Wolf Trap. It brought back lots of great memories. His new music is terrific. Listen here for some free streaming music from his new CD. It sounds great!
David Byrne is one of my favorite artists. He is relevant today and he and Brian Eno make next generation music that pays homage to his roots and to Talking Heads as well.